Henrika: A Tale of Two Tamers

Chapter 1



"Brown Stinger!"

"Diamond Storm!"

It was the middle of the night. The weather was clear, yet in one area of the city, a strange patch of fog existed. This fog was a Digital Field and inside it, a battle was raging.

"Come on Renamon! Finish him off!"

Rika Nonaka and her partner Renamon had entered the field to confront the Digimon within. They were constantly looking for new opponents to defeat and upload. For this was one of the ways Digimon became stronger and Rika wanted her Digimon to be the strongest.

"I'm trying Rika, but this is one fly who's determined to swat us!"

The Digimon they were facing was Flymon. It wasn't very often that they encountered a Champion Level Digimon of such strength, but Rika was not the kind to step away from a battle just because of an intimidating foe.

"I was hoping we could get through this one without having to resort to cards, but so be it! Digi-Modify! Hyper Speed Activate!"

With the swipe of a card, Renamon's speed increased. Now Flymon would have an extremely fast moving target to try and hit.

"Brown Stinger!"

But no matter how many stingers he fired, Flymon could not hit the more mobile vixen.

'Now that's more like it,' Rika thought to herself.

But just then, things took a turn for the worst. Flymon began beating his wings faster producing an ear-piercing buzzing noise. The buzzing just continued to grow louder and louder, until Rika and Renamon could no longer stand it.

"Aw man!" yelled Rika as she covered her ears. "What is that?"

"Can't… take… it!" cried Renamon. "I hope you're not planning to cut an album!"

"No, but I just might think of cutting you! Ha, ha, ha!"

Flymon moved in, preparing for a final blow. Renamon tried to get up, but the noise was just too much.

"Terrier Tornado!"

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, Terriermon appeared and knocked the fly square in his head. This caused Flymon to temporarily lose his concentration and stop buzzing. Rika removed her hands from her ears and turned around to see Henry Wong, another tamer.

"You? What are you doing here?"

"Giving you a window of opportunity, it seems." Henry replied. "If you're going to do something, do it now!"

Rika was irritated by Henry's interference, but didn't have time to complain.

"Renamon… finish it!"

"Diamond Storm!"

With those words, Flymon was no more. He disintegrated into data, which Renamon absorbed. The Digital Field faded away as well. With the battle done, Rika could now speak her mind.

"How many times and how many different ways do I have to tell you guys? Don't interfere with our battles!"

"…You're welcome," muttered Henry.

Rika couldn't think of any way to respond to that, except with a frown. She then turned around and walked off into the night with Renamon close behind.

TO BE CONTINUED